Thursday, August 24, 2006

Reporters' Notebooks

Jeff Metcalfe, Arizona Republic: Last Friday, Sam Keller was named Arizona State's starting quarterback. Now he is a member of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, despite a late pitch from Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, who made numerous calls Wednesday to the Kellers.

Brett McMurphy, Tampa Tribune: South Florida is the latest team to purchase RecruitingRadar, a software-based recruiting program. The service costs $28,800 annually.

Michael Pointer, Indianapolis Star: For the second consecutive year, Indiana has put a billboard promoting the Hoosiers' upcoming season in the backyard of rival Purdue. Anybody have a photo? Please send it to dawizofodds (at) aol.com.

Lynn Henning, Detroit News: Now it can be told. When George Perles was fired as Michigan State coach in 1994, university president Peter McPherson made a pitch to land Nebraska's Tom Osborne.

Mike Knobler, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: June Jones and Jerry Glanville, two former Atlanta Falcon coaches, are returning with their new team, Hawaii. The Rainbows will practice next week in Atlanta before busing to Birmingham to play Alabama (registration).

2 comments:

It was amazing he was able to cram so many factual errors into a single paragraph:

It was a couple of days before Thanksgiving, 1994. Nebraska's regular season was about to end with a 13-0 record and a victory later that week against old rival, Oklahoma. There would be a trip to Miami for a second straight Orange Bowl date against Florida State (it would become Osborne's seventh consecutive bowl defeat).

1) Nebraska's regular-season record in 1994 was 12-0, not 13-0.

2) Nebraska did not play Florida State during the 1994 season.

3) Nebraska won the Orange Bowl following the 1994 regular season, defeating Miami in the Orange Bowl.

As a Penn State fan I wish Henning's scenario had come true, then the voters wouldn't have been able to (again) rob the Nittany Lions of a National Championship.